Eisbaren Berlin 3–6 ZSC Lions Zurich
ZSC stormed out of the gate with three goals in the first period, watched Eisbaren storm back to tied it early in the third, then recollected themselves and score three more to put themselves in the driver's seat in Group P, having taken the maximum 6 points from their two away games. Roman Wick scored twice for the Lions, both times in the first period, and Chris Baltisberger scored perhaps the biggest goal of the game, the winner, in the 49th minute. Robert Nilsson had 2 assists. For Eisbaren, Micki Dupont, Darrin Olver and Marcel Noebels each contributed a goal and an assist. After the game, ZSC coach Marc Crawford was asked about coaching against Uwe Krupp, who played for him in Colorado. "The old teacher beats the student tonight," he quipped, before adding about Eisbaren: "I think they are going to be an exciting team."As for Krupp, he concentrated more on the game itself, saying, "The tendency after the game is to say, 'This wasn’t a good game for us.' I don’t think so. I had the feeling that we were closer to the fourth goal than Zurich was. When they scored their fourth, that was at an unfortunate time for us."
KalPa Kuopio 4–3 Ocelari Trinec (SO)
It was a tough opening road trip for Trinec, as they come up with just 1 point from the two games in Stavanger and Kuopio. They trailed 3–2 after two periods this game before Kamil Kreps tied it midway through the third. David Nosek had 2 assists for the visitors, while Sami Mutanen had 2 assists for Kuopio and Miika Pitkanen scored 2 goals, including the shootout-winner."Naturally the game wasn't satisfying but at this time of the year it shouldn't be," said KalPa coach Pekka Virta after his team's first competitive game of the season. "We created enough scoring opportunities to win in regulation time but didn't manage to score. The learning process is going on right now. We will work hard be better next week."
"We played much better than in Norway, but we made two big mistakes in neutral zone. I guess that's the reason we lost," Trinec coach Jiri Kalous assessed. "When we were trailing it was perfect when we scored and it was tied again. In the end it's a bit about luck when you go to the shootout. After two loses we must prepare our team for the next game better."
JYP Jyvaskyla 3–0 Sheffield Steelers
It was a much stronger and more disciplined effort from the Steelers in their second game, but they still lost to JYP to end a tough two-game road trip against elite Nordic opponents. After being burned by the Frolunda power play on Thursday, Sheffield didn't take a penalty until late in the second period. Tyler Plante stopped 49 of 52 shots in the Sheffield goal, while Tuomas Tarkki stopped all 27 he faced to record the shutout. Joonas Nattinen and Joose Antonen recorded 2 points each for JYP.Lulea Hockey 4–3 Lukko Rauma (SO)
This was one of the more anticipated games of the opening weekend and it certainly lived up to expectations. 65 minutes of hockey wasn't enough to produce a winner, so it went to a shootout. Bill Sweatt scored twice in the shootout for Lulea, including the winner in the sixth round to give his team the bonus point. During regulation time, three times Lulea took the lead and three times Lukko replied. In addition to his 2 shootout goals, Sweat also had 2 assists, while Jacob Micflikier scored 2 goals and Brendan Mickelson and Craig Schira also had 2 points each. For Lukko, Turo Asplund, Sami Lahteenmaki and Toni Koivistu scored the goals and Janne Lahti had 2 assists.“We took some unnecessary penalties, we played pretty undisciplined and that gave them three 5-on-3 opportunities. But Joel Lassinantti saved us several times and had a real good game,” said Lulea coach Joakim Fagervall. He also praised his star players: “Those that are here to deliver did so. Our star players did their jobs really well tonight.”
“It was a tough loss, but we played better here than in our game in Fribourg yesterday. But we had a tough trip over here and with a game late Thursday and this early game it takes its toll on the players,” reasoned Lukko assistant caoch Juha Vuori. About the game he said, “It was a really nice game for us. Lulea is a top team in Europe and they have a lot of speed, strength and skill. Facing them is good training for us.”
HV71 Jonkoping 4–1 Red Bull Salzburg
The teams were still scoreless after two periods, but then John Hughes appeared to score a huge goal in the first minute of the third period for Salzburg. HV71 responded by scoring four straight goals, however, to win their first game of the tournament and leave Salzburg still looking for their first point after two games. Kristofer Berglund scored the tying goal for HV71 and Erik Christensen scored the winner in the 49th minute.HC Davos 3–2 Dynamo Pardubice
In Davos's first game, Leonardo Genoni shut out Farjestad. In their second game, he stopped 31 of 33 shots, keeping his team tied into the last minute of reguation time so that the team's other star, Andres Ambuhl, could score the winning goal with just 42 seconds left in regulation time on a long wrist shot under the blocker of goalie Brandon Maxwell. Radoslav Tybor scored both goals for Pardubice."I think we played well today, mainly in the first period but our chances weren’t effective," said Pardubice coach Milos Riha. "We started worse in second period but i think that after that we played better again. I think that today decided our power plays and our chances."
"Pardubice started very good – my team was little bit sluggish after game with Farjestad," stated Davos coach Arno del Curto. "After that we changed, we become better, Pardubice lost their tempo. I think my team gave everything to this game but Pardubice played good – they lead for a long time but they didn’t score the winning goal, which is normal in sport. I’m very proud of my players, they played hard. I like when players are playing hard and together like a team. If Pardubice play all season like today in yjr first period, they’ll be strong."
EV Zug 0–7 Tappara Tampere
After opening with a win in Stockholm on Friday, Tappara Tampere announced loudly their intentions to advance beyond the group stage with a convincing win in Zug. They had three goals by the 10-minute mark, then added two in the second and two more in the third. The goals came from seven different players, while Henrik Haapala added 2 assists for a 3-point game. Zug actually out-shot Tappara 29–23 in the game, but Tomi Karhunen was perfect in goal.Geneve-Servette 4–3 Sparta Prague (OT)
Three times Sparta took the lead, hoping to become the fourth team this weekend to sweep on the road, and three times Geneve replied. Matthew Lombardi scored the tying goal with 6:26 left in reguation time and then set up Johan Fransson for the game-winner in overtime. Martin Reway led Sparta offensively with 2 assists. Despite the loss, Sparta is in decent shape to make the next round by taking 4 points from their two road games.
“It was an exciting game for both teams,” said Sparta coach Josef Jandac. “After 60 minutes, our presence on the ice was good. We want to go to the CHL playffs and therefore I hope that this 1 point we got tonight will be important to succeed in our group. We were good on power plays, but we made big zone mistakes during the second period. We then had bad faceoffs. Geneve is different to the teams in our national league. We had to make changes in our game plan. We tried to play fast, but Geneve were excellent and answered every time we scored.”
“We knew that Sparta Prague are extremely strong physically, and very well-structured in the neutral zone,” said Geneve assistant coach Louis Matte. “They are extremely strong 1-on-1. We therefore had to move the puck far quicker and not play against the wall, which we did badly only once during the first period. During the second period, we pushed our strengths forward. It helped, but we then made two big mistakes. Sparta have everything: a good mix of experienced and young players, lots of skill, strong, well structured. They are dangerous.”
ERC Ingolstadt 5–2 Braehead Clan
After being overmatched in their first game against the Swedish champions, the Braehead Clan followed the lead of their fellow British club earlier today and gave German finalists ERC Ingolstadt all they could handle. Clan captain Matt Keith scored the game's first goal on the power play and Chris Bruton tied it 2–2 early in the third period before the team seemingly running out of gas. Alex Leavitt assisted on both Braehead goals. For Ingolstadt, Petr Taticek (2+2) and Thomas Greilinger (1+3) had 4 points each, while John Laliberte also scored twice.Trying to explain how the team's start, Taticek explained, “We made too many mistakes at the blueline and were too aggressive, so they had a lot of 3-on-2 and 2-on-1 situations. Then we played better defensively, so we were able to beat them.”
Braehead coach Ryan Finnerty said, “We controlled large larts of the first period, but the special teams made the difference. I am dissapointed how the game ended.”
Dusseldorfer EG 6–3 Black Wings Linz
In front of a CHL season high of 6,513 noisy fans, Dusseldorfer EG overcame an early two-goal deficit and won their first-ever CHL game and handed Linz their second loss. The first 11 minutes belonged to the visitors, who scored the game's first two goals and carried the play, but Dusseldorf pushed back and took over the game with five straight, including four in the last six minutes of the second period. Norm Milley scored 2 goals in that span, while defenceman Bernhard Ebner scored a goal and had 2 assists. Andrew Kozek scored Linz's first and third goals."We started really strong in the first period, but we made enormous errors in the second period. Dusseldorf are a skilled team took advantage of the errors. That was the main difference today," said Linz coach Rob Daum. "The 5–2 goal was the final breaking point. We could not step up the pace."
"We started very nervous in the game, but the team understood really quickly that we wanted to win this first home game," said Dusseldorf coach Christof Kreutzer. "This is very important for us to survive the group phase. Our fans were the decisive element tonight."
Vienna Capitals 0–2 Karpat Oulu
Karpat join Zurich and Davos as clubs that have taken the maximum 6 points from their two away games – and what's more, they've done it without surrendering a goal. Jani Hakanpaa and Sami Maenalainen scored in the first period and the rest was up to the team's defence and goalie Sami Aittokallio, who stopped all 18 shots he faced.Vienna winger Danny Bois acknowledged how strong defensively Karpat are: “After the 2-goal cushion they had, it was hard to play against them. Maybe we had too much respect after the games last year in the CHL were they played really well. We were a little too hesitant and they capitalized on it.”
Added Vienna coach Jim Boni, “It's like playing a soccer game, Austria against Argentina. You can play against them but you are most of the time one step behind. Very good moves and stickhandling. You can see that Finland is a top-four nation.”
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